8 billion;
Communist countries (1970-89), $2.5 billion

_#_Currency: Moroccan dirham (plural--dirhams);
1 Moroccan dirham (DH) = 100 centimes

_#_Exchange rates: Moroccan dirhams (DH) per US$1--8.071 (January
1991), 8.242 (1990), 8.488 (1989), 8.209 (1988), 8.359 (1987), 9.104
(1986), 10.062 (1985)

_#_Fiscal year: calendar year

_*_Communications
_#_Railroads: 1,893 km 1.435-meter standard gauge (246 km double
track, 974 km electrified)

_#_Highways: 59,198 km total; 27,740 km bituminous treated, 31,458 km
gravel, crushed stone, improved earth, and unimproved earth

_#_Pipelines: 362 km crude oil; 491 km (abandoned) refined products;
241 km natural gas

_#_Ports: Agadir, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia,
Nador, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla

_#_Merchant marine: 51 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 315,169
GRT/487,490 DWT; includes 10 cargo, 2 container, 12 refrigerated cargo,
6 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 3 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker,
11 chemical tanker, 4 bulk, 3 short-sea passenger

_#_Civil air: 23 major transport aircraft

_#_Airports: 75 total, 67 usable; 26 with permanent-surface runways;
2 with runways over 3,659 m; 13 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 27 with
runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: good system composed of wire lines, cables, and
radio relay links; principal centers are Casablanca and Rabat, secondary
centers are Fes, Marrakech, Oujda, Tangier, and Tetouan; 280,000
telephones; stations--14 AM, 6 FM, 47 TV; 5 submarine cables; satellite
earth stations--2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 ARABSAT; radio relay to
Gibraltar, Spain, and Western Sahara; coaxial cable to Algeria; microwave
network linking Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco

_*_Defense Forces
_#_Branches: Royal Moroccan Army, Royal Moroccan Navy, Royal Moroccan
Air Force, Royal Gendarmerie, Auxiliary Forces

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 6,437,152; 4,092,027 fit for
military service; 299,535 reach military age (18) annually; limited
conscription

_#_Defense expenditures: $1.4 billion, 5.2% of GDP
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 801,590 km2; land area: 784,090 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California

_#_Land boundaries: 4,571 km total; Malawi 1,569 km, South Africa
491 km, Swaziland 105 km, Tanzania 756 km, Zambia 419 km, Zimbabwe
1,231 km

_#_Coa